they intimidate our lawmakers saying, well, we don't give you anymore money to get re-elected until you vote our way and intimidate citizens, ordinary voters by saying stop exploiting the grief of these parents. stop standing on the graves of the dead. instead, let's wait. have a decency to wait another ten, 20, 30 years. i don't think that's the right message. i think the message is, honoring the dead by passing sensible gun control legislation in this country and demanding that our politicians act. >> you ask in your piece, will this year be any different, comparing it, again, to the tragedies we have all seen and then as you pointed out the silence that often follows. we are going to hear from the president 11:45 eastern time tomorrow. given the makeup of congress and given that these days doesn't seem that they can agree on anything in that town, is it executive action the right direction? >> i think executive action is the last choice. whatever one president can do, the next president can do -- undo with the swipe of a pen. >> right. >> laws are what we need. i really sense after 2